Western swing

Western swing (ook wel country swing genoemd) is een oude stroming binnen de country & western muziek.

Het is in de jaren 20 van de twintigste eeuw ontstaan vanuit de western-muziek werden swing- en andere Jazz-elementen verweven met de oude, meestal uit Texas en Oklahoma afkomstige Western-muziek, maar ook polka en volksmuziek. Kenmerkende instrumenten zijn elektrische gitaar, steelgitaar, pedalsteelgitaar en fiddle.

Western swing was oorspronkelijk vooral muziek door snaarinstrumenten, de in het Zuidwesten van de V.S. meest gebruikte instrumenten in die tijd. Later worden ook blaasinstrumenten toegepast; de Dance Halls worden groter, en de bands moeten meer volume maken. De bovengenoemde snaarinstrumenten blijven echter de meeste soli spelen. Bekende namen zijn; Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, The Light Crust Doughboys, Tex Williams, The Sons of the Pioneers, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies, Leon McAuliffe, Spade Cooley, Hank Thompson, Al Dexter.

De ontwikkeling van de western swing ging gelijkelijk op met die van de jazz swing. In de eerste jaren leek western swing op een op snaarinstrumenten gespeelde variant van de New Orleans Jazz. Dit is niet verwonderlijk, aangezien de muziek toen nog niet zo in hokjes werd ingedeeld als in de jaren 40 zou gebeuren.

Groepen & Bands uit de beginperiode van de western swing

  • Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
  • Hank Penny and his Radio Cowboys
  • Spade Cooley and His Western swing Orchestra
  • Ted Daffan's Texans
  • Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys
  • Billy Jack Saucier and the Big D Jamboree Band #1
  • Jimmy Heap and the Melody Masters
  • Bill Boyd and the Cowboy Ramblers
  • Doug Bine and his Dixie Ramblers
  • The Flinthill Boys
  • The Fort Worth Doughboys
  • Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys
  • The Hi-Flyers
  • W. Lee O'Daniel and his Hillbilly Boys
  • The Light Crust Doughboys
  • "Texas" Jim Lewis and His Lone Star Cowboys
  • Ole Rasmussen and his Nebraska Cornhuskers
  • Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
  • Bob Dunn's Vagabonds
  • Jimmie Revard and his Oklahoma Playboys
  • Herb Goddard and his Oklahoma Wanderers
  • Deuce Spriggens and His Orchestra
  • The Port Arthur Jubileers (Jimmie Hart & His Merrymakers)
  • Dude Martin and His Roundup Gang
  • Bill Haley and the Saddlemen (later - Bill Haley & His Comets)
  • Adolph Hofner and his San Antonians
  • The Southernaires
  • The Southern Melody Boys
  • The Texas Swingsters
  • Cliff Bruner and The Texas Wanderers
  • The Lee Bell Band
  • Al Dexter and His Troopers
  • Ocie Stockard and the Wanderers
  • The Tune Wranglers
  • T.J. "Red" Arnall and His Western Aces
  • W.A. "Bill" "Slumber" Nichols and His Western Aces
  • Tex Williams and the Western Caravan
  • Billy Gray and His Western Okies
  • Dave Stogner and The Western Rythmnaires
  • The Washboard Wonders
  • Smokey Wood and the Wood Chips
  • The Maddox Brothers & Sister Rose
  • Cecil Brower and the Kilocycle Cowboys

Bekende muzikanten uit de begin periode van de western swing

  • Earl "Joaquin" Murphy
  • Noel Boggs
  • Junior Barnard
  • Carolina Cotton
  • Tommy Duncan,
  • Leon Huff,
  • Buddy Jones
  • Billie "Tiny" Moore
  • Merle Travis
  • Moon Mullican
  • Patti Page
  • Herb Remington
  • Floyd Tillman
  • Speedy West

Hedendaagse western swing-bands & aanverwanten

  • Asleep at the Wheel
  • John England & the Western Swingers
  • The Bebop Cowboys
  • Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
  • The Lucky Stars
  • Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
  • Cow Bop
  • Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
  • The Dancehall Racketeers (Australia)
  • The Ditty Bops
  • Don Walser and the Pure Texas Band
  • The Dusty Chaps (band)
  • The Hot Club of Cowtown
  • The Jazzabillies
  • The Lone Star Swing Band (Orkney Islands, Scotland)
  • Merle Haggard & the Strangers
  • The Quebe Sisters Band
  • Red Brown & the Tune Stranglers (Olympia, Washington)
  • The Red Dirt Rangers
  • The Red Stick Ramblers
  • Shorty & The Mustangs (Portland, OR)
  • Stretch Dawrson and the Mending Hearts (Edinburgh, Scotland)
  • The Time Jumpers
  • Tom Morrell & The Timewarp Tophands
  • Lost Weekend Western Swing Band
  • Wylie & The Wild West
  • Wild River Band
  • Wayne Hancock
  • The River Road Boys
  • the Wiyos
  • Janet Klein
  • Little Kim & the Alley Apple 3
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